Two freebies. And maybe more. It used to be that non-pro drivers paid $12 for showers at the Flying J on the east side of Yuma. The la...

Having set up a mail forwarding address in Quartzsite it’s now easy to have packages shipped to me—providing I’m in the general area or woul...

Trash disposal is seldom simple for us nomads. We can leave small bags in trash cans at places like gas stations, city parks, fast food join...

If I’m going to spend more time around clusters of campers, nomads, RVers and such, I might need to get a bullhorn. “Hey! It’s after ten...

I’m camped in the southeast corner of California, about fifteen miles from Yuma Arizona and ten miles from Baja California. That means tim...

I decided to do a little cosmetic work on the Rolling Steel Tent while the grille was off. The gold coating on the Chevrolet logo had star...

The headlight buckets on the Rolling Steel Tent are each held in place by two aiming screws and a spring. Sometime a few years ago, one of...

I dreamed I was staying with friends. They said, “You must have had a horrible dream last night.” “Why do you say that?” “You were scr...

The Rolling Steel Tent gets about 16.5 miles per gallon most of the time. About 15 in city traffic and occasionally 17.5 downhill with a t...

I’m a big fan of slow traffic keeping to the right, even when I’m the slow traffic. I’m also a big fan of long following distances, especi...

Once again I had another series of dreams about being back at work, with troublesome coworkers and the deadlines for too many projects loomi...

It wasn’t until I crossed over into the desert that the air started looking mostly smoke-free and I could see more than a half mile or so.

Staying in someone else’s house is weird. No matter how much they say to make myself at home, I just can’t. And, honestly, they wouldn’t w...

Caira has all the qualities I’d want in a dog. Smart, obedient, even tempered, well socialized. I was concerned she might reject me. But...